Benchmark 8: personal guidance

• Every student should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a Careers Adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level. These should be available whenever significant study or career choices are being made. They should be expected for all pupils but should be timed to meet their individual needs.
• Every student should have at least one such interview by the age of 16, and the opportunity for a further interview by the age of 18.

 • In special schools, young people with SEND and those with EHCPs have annual transition reviews from year 9. This is an opportunity to discuss their futures and put a system of support in place

Example Resources

Find a registered career development professional through the CDI Register: https://www.thecdi.net/Professional-Register- 

CDC My future Choice's - Magazine for young people with SEND

Useful reading:

Personal Guidance.  What works?

CEC Transition report

NDTI Employability Let's Work Together

Career Development Institute Code of Ethics (CDI, January 2019)

Ambitious about Autism